EAST LANSING -- The man nicknamed “The Hotel” is helping Michigan State football players have some better accommodations.

Former Spartans offensive lineman Flozell Adams has donated $1.5 million to the Spartan Stadium north end zone expansion project, the school announced Saturday before the annual Green-White game.

The gift is earmarked for an upgraded home locker room.

"I’m sure you guys have seen the old locker room, it was pretty ancient,” Adams said. “Everything that’s being done right now with the locker rooms, the stadium, the program, it’s a big step forward.”

The renovated locker room is part of a 50,000 square-foot, $24 million addition that will also include a training room, media center and recruiting lounge. It’s scheduled for completion in July, and Adams’s donation brings the fundraising efforts to more than $20 million.

Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said the new locker room will allow Michigan State to compare “apples-to-apples” with the best programs in the country.

“It will make a huge difference, not just to our current players but to our players that will be coming in the future as well,” Dantonio said. “It puts us on par with one of the best facilities in the country in this area.”

Pending Board of Trustee approval, the locker room will be named for Flozell’s mother, Rachel Adams, who passed away in 1996.

Adams said his mother played a significant role in helping him decide to come to Michigan State.

“She helped push me here and helped me make a good decision, and I don’t regret it at all and I”m happy that I made a great decision,” Adams said.

Adams was a three-year starter at Michigan State and won the Big Ten’s Offensive Lineman of the Year award in 1997. He went on to a 13-year NFL career that included five Pro Bowl selections and one Super Bowl appearance.